With Russia's war in Ukraine, Japan renews focus on nuclear deterrence

beginning of this year. all laugh and criticize powerhouses like US, Russia, China, NK according to current events. and and overly confident leaders provoking them and not taking the "threats" or firm words coming from them.

Until when it is time for the "Nuclear Play", no ones gonna laugh. no one's going to have confidence to back up their ego. every leader's is going to think twice ( which we can see some of them right now)

Its easy to judge. to provoke. to be bold and boastful. but when the time comes that no one is smiling, history will be written.

How funny it only been months when we can see many ego-centric leaders on news. some shuts their mouths, some backed down, some been exiled, some cries. the ones still stands are leaders that are firmed on their words. may be good, may be bad.

According to WIKIPEDIA, civilian casualties during WW II were 7 to 16 million for China while those for Japan were 0.5 to 1 million, of whom atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were about 0.21 million.

Comparing China’s casualties with Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s, some poster seems to contend that Japan should have been retaliated against more than it actually was. 

Note, however, that during Mao Tse-tung’s Cultural Revolution, those who lost lives are said to have numbered 20 million, according to some scholars. 

Can one compare those figures on the same table, though?

A few days after the invasion was launched on Feb. 24, Putin put Russia's nuclear forces on high alert, making it harder for the United States and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to forcefully intervene in the war.

Russia should not be allowed to posess nuclear weapons. They are not using their nuclear weapons as a shield against attack, but rather a threat against those who oppose their aggression.

Japan absolutely should participate in Nuclear Sharing along with NATO.

Just as Article 9 is wonderful in an ideal world but not in reality, Japan's anti-nuclear position based upon it;s history as a victim of nuclear weapons is also unrealtistic in today's world.

Japan have US army on its soil and they have nukes so what is deal than?why need to worry-anything?

Japan has nukes in US bases and in our North Kyoto port. Also 3000 tons of weapon grade uranium at Tokai NPP. We are fine

The US does not threaten the use of nuclear weapons in response to objections from other nations to it's actions. That too hard to understand?

Japan's history is exactly that, history. Germany already participates in Nuclear Sharing.

The US has never threatened the use of nuclear weapons against nations that object to it's actions. Simple and nothing to debate. Russia has.

America is the only nation that dropped two atomic bombs on civilians.